Has pay-for-performance decreased access for minority patients?: Hospitals and nursing homes

Health Services Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-23

  Ryan, Andrew M ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Hospitals; Incentives

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; MINORITY GROUP; NURSING HOME; PNEUMONIA; REWARD; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MINORITY GROUPS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PNEUMONIA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74549130415     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.01050.x     Document Type: Article

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